Boost your metabolism
heatherwow1
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Looking for ways to boost my metabolism. Any suggestions will help?
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Not a thing, sorry.
You can do more exercise, which will therefore burn more calories, and you can just move around more in general (NEAT - non-exercise activity thermogenesis). Increasing your NEAT in particular can make a huge difference. But you can't really effect your BMR to any great extent.10 -
Move more in your daily non-exercise life. That's about the only thing that can actually work short term.
Well, caffeine works a little, but you don't want to overdo that, because it's dangerous.
Long term, having more muscle helps, but it's only a few calories per pound of muscle per day, and adding muscle is a slow process. General physical fitness may help a little, too - possibly because fit people tend to move more in daily non-exercise life.
Of course, general fitness also takes time to develop.
Pills and potions? No, not safe ones, unless they're just caffeine. Magic exercises? Nope.
Just move more. Don't sit when you can stand; don't stand when you can walk; don't put things in carts when you can carry them; etc.
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Just seconding what's already been said. Increased activity FTW
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To increase your metabolic demand you need to increase the energy demand on your body e.g deliberate movement.
Other ideas which increase the demand slightly are : dealing with irritants such as chilli, increasing heart rate e.g amphetamines or caffeine, healing, growing. Obviously some of these I definitely don't recommend and some you don't have control over.0 -
heatherwow1 wrote: »Looking for ways to boost my metabolism. Any suggestions will help?
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Move more.3
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Move more in your daily non-exercise life. That's about the only thing that can actually work short term.
Well, caffeine works a little, but you don't want to overdo that, because it's dangerous.
Long term, having more muscle helps, but it's only a few calories per pound of muscle per day, and adding muscle is a slow process. General physical fitness may help a little, too - possibly because fit people tend to move more in daily non-exercise life. Of course, general fitness also takes time to develop.
Pills and potions? No, not safe ones, unless they're just caffeine. Magic exercises? Nope.
Just move more. Don't sit when you can stand; don't stand when you can walk; don't put things in carts when you can carry them; etc.
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Move more, get more muscle.2
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Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/9
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Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/
Great article2 -
Exercise...1
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Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/
That's a really great article. Very thorough.2 -
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Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/
That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?0 -
Examine.com is a nice website for palatable scientific articles related to weight loss. They do sell some of their own stuff on there, but most articles are quite unbiased and have lots of links to scientific studies at the bottom.3
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/
That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?
Yes there is.
Lyle on a pod cast gave a % of BMR change for each degree drop, based on some studies.
But it requires have an average baseline prior to dieting and having some RMR adaptation going on already.
I guess one could start in a diet, and know when the avgTemp drops more - you got a bad effect going on.
Time for refeed or probably diet break.
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/
That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?
That might explain some of my quicker than expected weight loss. I have always had a lower than normal body temperature and am always cold.0 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/
That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?
Yes there is.
Lyle on a pod cast gave a % of BMR change for each degree drop, based on some studies.
But it requires have an average baseline prior to dieting and having some RMR adaptation going on already.
I guess one could start in a diet, and know when the avgTemp drops more - you got a bad effect going on.
Time for refeed or probably diet break.
It should be noted that there are confounding cyclical temperature fluctuations for women. I believe Lyle also mentioned this.2 -
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You can eat more proteins throughout the day as snacks to improve your metabolism like peanuts, a couple eggs, and meats with protein just moderate the snacks because eggs and meats also have a good amount of cholesterol.
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Put cayenne pepper in some lemon water , drink green tea and ginger tea! They definitely help you to weigh less the key is consistency a lot of people are lazy or close minded so they don't even try new things.
Use a good weight loss supplement preferably something natural. I remember taking a certain supplement and I literally felt like I was sweating for hours which was weird cause I never really perspire . Some people think metabolism is only genetic that is not true at all we can increase and decrease our metabolism STRESS especially will effect your metabolism35 -
GlorianasTears wrote: »Use a good weight loss supplement preferably something natural. I remember taking a certain supplement and I literally felt like I was sweating for hours which was weird cause I never really perspire . Some people think metabolism is only genetic that is not true at all .
There is no such thing as a good weight loss supplement, just overpriced caffeine tablets and laxatives.
As for the pepper/lemon water and tea, they do not raise metabolism significantly enough to cause fat loss, what they might do is cause you to be more hydrated and lose some water weight, but given that most of us are looking to shift fat, not water that's not much use to the OP.16 -
GlorianasTears wrote: »Put cayenne pepper in some lemon water , drink green tea and ginger tea! They definitely help you to weigh less
Use a good weight loss supplement preferably something natural. I remember taking a certain supplement and I literally felt like I was sweating for hours which was weird cause I never really perspire . Some people think metabolism is only genetic that is not true at all .
Yeah, no. Ignore this OP13 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »GlorianasTears wrote: »Use a good weight loss supplement preferably something natural. I remember taking a certain supplement and I literally felt like I was sweating for hours which was weird cause I never really perspire . Some people think metabolism is only genetic that is not true at all .
There is no such thing as a good weight loss supplement, just overpriced caffeine tablets and laxatives.
Plenty of people have lost some weight using supplements including myself . But you are entitled to your personal opinion.
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GlorianasTears wrote: »Put cayenne pepper in some lemon water , drink green tea and ginger tea! They definitely help you to weigh less the key is consistency a lot of people are lazy or close minded so they don't even try new things.
Use a good weight loss supplement preferably something natural. I remember taking a certain supplement and I literally felt like I was sweating for hours which was weird cause I never really perspire . Some people think metabolism is only genetic that is not true at all we can increase and decrease our metabolism STRESS especially will effect your metabolism
^ None of that. Pure woo and will do absolutely nothing beneficial.8 -
GlorianasTears wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »GlorianasTears wrote: »Use a good weight loss supplement preferably something natural. I remember taking a certain supplement and I literally felt like I was sweating for hours which was weird cause I never really perspire . Some people think metabolism is only genetic that is not true at all .
There is no such thing as a good weight loss supplement, just overpriced caffeine tablets and laxatives.
Plenty of people have lost some weight using supplements including myself . But you are entitled to your personal opinion.
Give yourself some credit, you lost weight because you were eating less than you burn, not because of the supplements.7 -
GlorianasTears wrote: »tinkerbellang83 wrote: »GlorianasTears wrote: »Use a good weight loss supplement preferably something natural. I remember taking a certain supplement and I literally felt like I was sweating for hours which was weird cause I never really perspire . Some people think metabolism is only genetic that is not true at all .
There is no such thing as a good weight loss supplement, just overpriced caffeine tablets and laxatives.
Plenty of people have lost some weight using supplements including myself . But you are entitled to your personal opinion.
Plenty of people have lived to 90-100 years old while smoking a pack of cigarettes a day too. That hardly makes a case for taking up smoking to prolong your life.
Some people succeed in spite of what they do rather than because of what they do.12 -
factors that increase metabolism include; being male, being heavier, being young, having more muscle mass. There is also evidence that genes, hormones, mental state and temperature play a role. Unfortunately, most of these factors cannot be changed for most individuals, unless you feel like gaining weight or gaining muscle. Otherwise, you mostly have to stick with what you got, and no amount of fad techniques are likely to make a significant impact8
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JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »factors that increase metabolism include; being male, being heavier, being young, having more muscle mass. There is also evidence that genes, hormones, mental state and temperature play a role. Unfortunately, most of these factors cannot be changed for most individuals, unless you feel like gaining weight or gaining muscle. Otherwise, you mostly have to stick with what you got, and no amount of fad techniques are likely to make a significant impact
And taller with more surface area!3
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